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Back in the early days of "Daytime Dramas", they were sponsored almost exclusively by Laundry Soap Manufacturers. Even as far back as radio, when a commercial break came up, you knew it was going to be a commercial for some kind of soap. And that's how they got the name Soap Operas.

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